Toy bank



- (Model.)

o. A. BAILEY.

TOY BANK.

110.261,419. Patented July 18, 1882.

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CHARLES A. BAILEY, OF COBALT, CONNECTICUT.

TOY BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,419, dated July 18, 1882. Application filed March 2, 1882. (Model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, aud a resident of Cobalt, in the county of Middlesex and State ot' Connecticut, havcinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Toy Banks; and I do hereby declarethat thefollowingis a full, clear,

'and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ot reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 ofthe drawingsis a representation of' a perspective view ot'n'iyimproved toy bank. Fig.- 2 is a detail view, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View, of the toy bank.

This invention has relation to toy banks; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ot' the soft-metal body, the slotted top, the lever and spring actuating the jumpingtigure, and the draw-rod operating the rising figure, and serving as a trigger to set and release the jumping figure, all as hereinafterset forth. v

In the accompanying drawings, theletters A A designate the side walls, and B the top, of the bank. These parts are cast of soft metal, and are secured together by means ot' solder on the inside.

Lengthwise in the top B is formed a slot, a,

having near one end the parallel lips b, which A are connected bya bearing, e, which isdesigned to support a piece of money. Y

At theendot1 the slot a, beyond the lips, an enlarged opening, d,is formed, through whichV a ligure, C, usually that of a'mouse,is designed to rise and push the money off the bearing, causing it to fall through the slot into the bank.

Extending along the under side of the top B is a wire rod, d, one end, e', of which projects from the end ot' the bank and forms the operating-handle, while the other end is attached to an arm, g, which is pivoted on a transverse bearing, h, between the bank-walls A A, and carries the rising figure C.

When the rod d is drawn to the rear, by pulling its handle c outward the ligure C is caused to rise through the opening d.

D represents a jumping or springing ligure, usually that ot' a cat, which is pivoted to the upper end of a lever-arm, k,whicl1 is pivoted on a transverse bearing or fulcrum,h,between the bank-walls. The figure D is on the top of the bank, andthe upper end of the lever 7c, to which itis pivoted,projects through the slot a. In the rear of the arm 7c an oblique notch, n, is made to engage a lateral arm or projection, p, of' the rod d', which extends transversely across under the slot a.

S indicates a strong spring within the bank,n connecting the lower end of the lever c to the rear end of the bank, and designed,when said lever is released from the catch-projection p of the triggenrod d', to throw said lever and the figure D, attached to its upper end, forward. The springing ligure is in this manner made to leap toward the figure C just afterit has risen through the aperture d, apparently seizing the same.

Thcjumping ligure is set in position by simply drawing it back on the top of the bank slot, a, in its top B, arising gure, C,and trigger-rod d', connected thereto, a junipin g ligure, D,its notched lever-arm k, and act-uatin g-sprin g S, substantially as specified.

3. YIn a toy bank, the combination, with the slotted topB and the jumping ligureD thereon, of the trigger-rod d', its catch p,- the notched lever-arm k,and the'spring S, substantially as specified. Y

4. In a tcy bank, the slotted top, the lever and spring, and the jumping igure actuated thereby, the rising tgure, and the draw-rod operating the same, and serving as a trigger to set and release the jumping figure, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. v

CHAS. A. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

J osrAH AGKLEY, .Unas E. RAMSDELL.

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